Favorite iteration of Street Fighter?

In the wake of the release of Super Street Fighter IV on tuesday (despite most everyone getting it early), what is your favorite iteration of Street Fighter?

Personally, I think Street Fighter Alpha 3 had the best gameplay (Talking about the home console versions), but Alpha 2 had the best music. I think the EX games are mediocre at best.

Super Turbo is my fav, followed closely by Third Strike.

street fighter alpha 3 on ps1, it had a world tour mode where you could fight battles and get customizable options for your characters (guard gauge doesnt decrease, reversals do more damage, combo gauge slowly fills etc etc etc) and there were alot (probably 15 - 20 total) and then you could import that character and fight it in arcade or vs mode. i LOVED doing that and was filled with a teeny bit of heartbreak when that wasnt added to ssf4.... this time next year will be super street fighter 4 turbo hyperfighting edition. with 12 more characters, 10 more levels and 3 more modes.... mark my words!!!!

street fighter 2 turbo

street fighter 2 turbo

bigM10231

My favorite for a long time, regarding strictly Street FIghter characters would have been Super Street Fighter II, followed closely by Street Fighter II. I liked the changes they made, including new moves, characters, and backgrounds they added to Super which made it feel complete.

If I could include my favorite fighting game to include Street Fighter characters, it would be Marvel Vs Capcom 2, due to the number of characters, with that one followed by Capcom vs SNK.

Street Fighter Zero 3 (Alpha 3) on the Sega Saturn, best version of my favourite SF game

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo

ID have to agree wit the poster on alpha 3 being the best, and alpha 2 having the best music,just play adons level in alpha 2

ID have to agree wit the poster on alpha 3 being the best, and alpha 2 having the best music,just play adons level in alpha 2

Plisken1

Super Turbo is my fav, followed closely by Third Strike.

kingmav222

This for me, as well. I played Turbo the most, but Super Turbo is the better game. III is leagues ahead of the Alpha series.

I remember right as Turbo landed, arcades were modding their Championship edition cabinets so as not to go to waste. While the play wasn't as balanced, it was still fun shoryuken-ing across the screen, shooting fireballs in the air, and becoming electric with Blanka while emitting 10s and 20s of up-and-down moving sonic booms.

Street Fighter 2 turbo was the best especially the SNES version I haven't played a Street Fighter game better then that as for the Alpha series I never did like those games.

Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter II Turbo, and Street Fighter III: TS are my all time favorites

I suppose I could add X-men Vs Street Fighter (Saturn version) to the list , although its not really a proper SF game.